| Topic: | Re:New Olympic events rumoured . . . | |
| Posted by: | Nigel Williams | |
| Date/Time: | 10/08/11 06:54:00 |
| OK Angela. I'll tell you what I think. It was abuse of police powers that largely caused the riots in the 80s. Changes made since then have meant that, in general, community relations between police and local residents are many times better now than prevously. You said that becuase of loss of police powers they are not able to go in hard against rioters like they were able to do in the 80s. I don't believe that. I think it is an operational choice to handle it in this way, not becuase of some supposed loss of powers. You may dislike it when people ask questions without giving answers. I don't like it when people make assertions on the basis of no evidence. |